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[chaparrAL]

So what do you think guys? 

 

I think he is likely to succeed in getting a car on the track.

 

He has the advantage of having watched Peter Windsor and the USF1 team flounder and learn from their mistakes.

 

Best case scenario is a deal for Ferrari drivetrain with support from Fiat , as that company seeks to compete with Mini for that segment of the US market. Sure the Mercs are ahead now but nothing remains the same in F1, does it? Renault? They do not sell cars here, so...

 

Isn't Braun unemployed now?

 

I like that he is going after it with a true business plan. If he sells and moves more product, it can go a long way to help sustain the brutal budget of a F1 team.

 

I say GOOD LUCK! 

[Zippity]

I say... keep watching this space. 

[Dennis David]

I agree with JPM, he's mad if he thinks he can make a go of it from the US. I also question his choice of Dallara as his chassis builder. Oh they'll sell him a chassis alright and it will say F1 but that's as close as it gets.

 

Personally I wish that the teams could build customer cars but some teams will never agree to it.

[MG Brown]

It's also interesting that Stewart-Haas driver Kurt Busch plans to compete in the 2014 Indy "500".

 

The team won't be a world-beater overnight, and if they can stick out the growing pains, I would not be surprised if they eventually do well.

[Bernie]

He will find out real quick if he is not based in The UK or Europe at the very least he will fail. Saw his interview. Do not think he really understands how hard F1 is. Look at McLaren......

[Howie Ursaner]

Good Luck. Even if Bill Gates went F1 racing he would be a millionaire in no time. No fun to spend all of your money to run at the back of the pack.

[Tex]

Let's all wish him the best of luck!

[Phil Hackett]

Maybe Gene Haas has come up with a different business model. Most don't realize what an impact his business had/has on the manufacturing industry by doing what many said couldn't be done.

 

I wouldn't bet against Gene Haas in anything he chooses to do.

[MG Brown]

No fun to spend all of your money to run at the back of the pack.

 

No question about that. I personally would have rather had the money it would take to be competitive in F1 spent in IndyCar, but that's my personal prejudice showing.

[TSR]

I think that he is going to learn the hard way that F1 is a monster that consumes not only money but people. Where is Peter Windsor today?

[Matt Sheldon]

What I like is that he seems to have done enough research to know what his target market objective is. He is not going at this because he is all in love with F1 racing and just wants to be a part of it, he could do that as a V.I.P. spectator very easily and for much less of an investment. 

 

I guess only he knows what his R.O.I. needs to be to make it all worth it in the end. Since it is more of a marketing, branding adventure, he might be perfectly happy with running last if it fulfills his R.O.I. objective.

[Zippity]

Do you honestly believe that any owner would be happy running last?

[Matt Sheldon]

Do you honestly believe that any owner would be happy running last?

 

I am not sold that he is going F1 racing to just be involved in F1 racing. His billions, he can do whatever he wants regardless if common man can relate.  

[chaparrAL]

NOTE! 

In my trade magazines CNC mills are now being advertised as HAAS/"operating system partner" for dental implant manufacture.There are a couple of them. The custom implant market is strong in demand  as it can make them in tooth colored Zirconia as well as TI . And there are maybe a dozen or so now at places I can send a file to have milled or SDL , and the add shows a HASS mill.

Point?  

This is one smart guy going about it in the right way. He has, and I know I am going on and on about this ,a REAL bizness plan.

Rumor is the technical package may be Ferrari. 

As Larry the Cable guy says  " GIT ER DONE"!

[Dennis David]

I still think he's nuts to go into F1. What's wrong with LeMans or IndyCar. F1 will pick his pockets. Now that I've said my piece I'll be the first to jump on the bandwagon if he starts to have any success. LOL

[chaparrAL]

An Indycar team would not sell any more of his product than he already does now. A F1 team however will gain global coverage . Think of how Lambroghini and Maserati started out making sewing machines and tractors. Haas has a rare opportunity here!

[Tex]

What's wrong with LeMans or Indy cars? Nothing. but they're NOT F-1... the absolute pinnacle of car racing. Doesn't even every one of US want to test ourselves against the best in slot racing? No different... just depends on if you have deep enough pockets for it.

[Dennis David]

They'll have to be very deep indeed. I would think he would be better served buying Toro Rosso

[Tex]

I didn't know Toro Rosso was for sale(?).

[tonyp]

Hass will never see an F1 race unless they buy a team. With the current state of F1 I doubt we will ever see a new team start from scratch.

[Zippity]

Guenther Steiner has confirmed the new American Formula 1 team set up by Gene Haas will join the grid in 2016 rather than next season.

 

NASCAR team co-owner Haas had been looking at joining the field as soon as 2015, having secured an entry from the FIA earlier this year.

 

But Haas said at the time he had the option to defer until 2016 if necessary, and Steiner confirmed during a visit to the Canadian Grand Prix that Haas will take up this option.

 

The squad is expected to work with Italian single-seater constructor Dallara to build its first car, while Ferrari looks to be the most likely option for a customer engine supply, but this has yet to be formally agreed.

 

Ex-Red Bull technical director Steiner, who will be team principal for the new outfit, confirmed Haas' expanded headquarters in Kannapolis, North Carolina, will open in three months time.

 

The team has yet to make any decision on a possible driver line-up, but when asked if Stewart-Haas NASCAR driver Danica Patrick was in the frame, he said: "Not more than anybody. But you know, everything is possible."

 

Steiner added that former Indy Racing League and NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart, who co-owns Haas' NASCAR outfit, would not be involved in the F1 project.

 

"Tony wants to earn money in racing, and Gene wants to spend it," Steiner said.

 

-Autosport

[Bernie]

They will never turn a wheel. How is the US Grand Prix in New Jersey coming along? I know! It isn't . Same with the Haas F1 team , a non starter.

[Dennis David]

I heard that the GP in New Jersey was delayed due to a traffic study ...

[Zippity]

I thought it was because of a bridge issue